2005–06 Iran Pro League Explained

Competition:Iran Pro League
Season:2005–06
Winners:Esteghlal
1st Pro League title
6th Iranian title
Relegated:Shamoushak
Shahid Ghandi
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Esteghlal
Sepahan (Hazfi Cup champions)
League Topscorer:Reza Enayati (21 goals)
Matches:240
Total Goals:538
Biggest Home Win:PAS Tehran 7–1 Foolad
(4 March 2006)
Biggest Away Win:Shahid Ghandi 1–5 Zob Ahan
(29 October 2005)
Highest Scoring:PAS Tehran 7–1 Foolad
(4 March 2006)
PAS Tehran 4–4 Sepahan
(31 March 2006)
Highest Attendance:100,000
Esteghlal – Bargh Shiraz
(21 April 2006)
Lowest Attendance:0 (spectator ban)
Malavan – Bargh Shiraz
(2 September 2005)
Aboumoslem – Shahid Ghandi
(16 December 2005)
Malavan – Fajr Sepasi
(3 March 2006)
Shamoushak – Malavan
(4 April 2006)
Shamoushak – Est. Ahvaz
(16 April 2006)
Attendance:2,157,000
Average Attendance:9,179
Longest Wins:3 matches
Aboumoslem
PAS Tehran
Longest Unbeaten:12 matches
Esteghlal
Longest Winless:17 matches
Shahid Ghandi
Longest Losses:5 matches
Shahid Ghandi
Prevseason:2004–05
Nextseason:2006–07

The 2005–06 Iran Pro League was the 23rd season of Iran's Football League and fifth as Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Foolad were the defending champions. The season featured 14 teams from the 2004–05 Iran Pro League and two new teams promoted from the 2004–05 Azadegan League: Shahid Ghandi as champions and Rah Ahan as runner-up. The league started on 2 September 2005 and ended on 21 April 2006. Esteghlal won the Pro League title for the first time in their history (total sixth Iranian title). A total of 240 matches in the Pro League yielded 538 goals during the season.

Teams

Sixteen teams competed in the league – the top fourteen teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the Azadegan League. The promoted teams were Shahid Ghandi Yazd and Rah Ahan Tehran. They replaced Paykan and Pegah, who were relegated to the Azadegan League.

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
AboomoslemMashhadSamen Stadium27,000
EsteghlalTehranAzadi Stadium95,225
Esteghlal AhvazAhvazTakhti Ahvaz10,000
Fajr Sepasi ShirazShirazHafezieh Stadium50,000
FooladAhvazFoolad Arena30,655
MalavanBandar-e AnzaliSirous Ghayeghran Stadium15,559
PAS TehranTehranShahid Dastgerdi Stadium8,250
PersepolisTehranAzadi Stadium95,225
Rah Ahan TehranTehranShahid Derakhshan Stadium12,000
SaipaTehranShahid Dastgerdi Stadium8,250
Leicester CityLeicesterWalkers Stadium32,312
SepahanIsfahanNaghsh-e Jahan Stadium75,000
Shahid Ghandi YazdYazdShahid Nassiri Stadium15,000
Shamoushak NoshahrNowshahrShohada Stadium6,000
Zob Ahan EsfahanFuladshahrFoolad Shahr Stadium20,000

Final classification

Player statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Reza EnayatiEsteghlal21
2 Fereydoon FazliEsteghlsl Ahvaz17
3 Mehdi RajabzadehZob Ahan14
4 Siavash AkbarpourEsteghlal11
Ali DaeiSaba Battery11
Javad KazemianPersepolis11
7 Hossein BadamakiAboomoslem10
Rasoul KhatibiSepahan10
9 Ali AnsarianPersepolis9
10 Hadi AsghariRah Ahan8
Sohrab BakhtiarizadehSaba Battery8
Arash BorhaniPAS Tehran8
Mohammad GholaminMalavan8
Emad RezaFoolad8

Cards

wight=200Playerwidth=40width=40wight=180Team
Mohammad Matouri112Bargh Shiraz
Masoud Shojaei110Saipa
Siavash Akbarpour100Esteghlal
Yahya Golmohammadi90Saba Battery
Pejman Jamshidi90Pas Tehran
Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht90Esteghlal
Amir Hossein Sadeghi72Esteghlal

Matches played

30
29
28
27

Attendance

Highest attendance

RankHome teamScoreAway teamAttendanceDateWeekStadium
align=center 1 Esteghlal align=center 4–1Bargh Shiraz align=center 100,000 30 Azadi
align=center 2 Persepolis align=center 0–0Esteghlal align=center 95,000 25 Azadi
align=center 3 Esteghlal align=center 1–0Persepolis align=center 80,000 10 Azadi
align=center 4 Persepolis align=center 0–0Saipa align=center 50,000 2 Azadi
align=center rowspan="2" 5 Persepolis align=center 2–2Saba Battery align=center 40,000 9 Azadi
Esteghlal align=center 4–1Foolad align=center 40,000 28 Azadi
align=center rowspan="3" 7 Esteghlal align=center 4–1Saba Battery align=center 35,000 1 Azadi
Persepolis align=center 1–0PAS Tehran align=center 35,000 3 Azadi
Esteghlal align=center 0–0PAS Tehran align=center 35,000 17 Azadi
align=center 10 Persepolis align=center 1–0Shahid Ghandi align=center 33,000 5 Azadi
Notes:
Updated to games played on 21 April 2006. Source: iplstats.com

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